Chocolate Lava Cake

On Wednesday, I celebrated my birthday with my uni colleagues.

Elaine cooked the dinner & then we baked these cakes for the desserts.

The dinner & cake was delicious.

We all have a great time & fun together.

Today is my birthday~~~

I went back to Basildon on Friday.

So I celebrated my birthday again but with my family this time.

My sister baked me a birthday cake in coffee favour, yummy~~~~

I've received a lot of greetings from my friends & family.

Thanks!!!

Lemon Honey Cake

I've been addicted to baking recently although I'm not a big fan of cakes.

I bake cakes or biscuits out of new recipes almost every weekend.

I also bake muffins on Sundays for breakfast...

I'm also feeding my colleagues with the extra muffins so I'll feel less guilty ^__^

At the same time, I'm working on my jewelry for my new website.

I think I'm going to launch it in 1 month time (hopefully)...

I baked this cake in the morning.

My mum asked me to bake some chocolate almond cookies.

But I preferred to bake this as it's nice & easy.

She can't even wait until it cooled & ate almost half of the cake!

Recipe:

100g unsalted butter

200g self-rising flour

2 eggs

40g sugar

4 tbsp honey

2 tbsp lemon juice
40ml milk

Method:

1. Butter (softened) + sugar, beat until smooth.

2. Add eggs & mix well.

3. Add honey & lemon juice, mix well.

4. Add flour & stir well.

5. Add milk into the paste & mix well.

6. Bake at 180'C in a preheated oven for 25-30 min.

Tiramisu~~recipe

I can't remember how many times I've made this tiramisu

But it's the 1st time Christie, Elaine & Dorothy have tried it.

They all love it, so I think I should post the recipe here.

Recipe:

Mascarpone cheese 125g

Marshmallow (original flavour) 60g

Milk 60ml

Ladyfingers

Cocoa powder

Rum 1 tsp

Instant coffee 1 tsp

Method:

1. Mascarpone cheese softened & beaten.

2. Add rum in strong coffee (1 tsp of coffee in 30ml of hot water).

3. Lightly dip ladyfingers in the coffee & then put it in a container.

4. Add 2 tbsp of milk to the marshmallows & mix well. Cover with cling film & microwave about 20-30 sec, stir well.

5. Add milk into the marshmallow paste & mix well.

6. Add mascarpone to the paste & mix well.

7. Pour the mix on top of the ladyfingers.

8. Cover with film & cool in fridge for 3-4 hours.

9. Sieve cocoa powder on top before serving.

My mum has baked the cinnamon apple cake early this week.

She said it wasn't as good as the one I baked, too wet...

So, I amended the recipe.

Cinnamon Apple Cake

I have too many apples in my fridge.

So, I thought it's a good idea to bake some apple muffins.

After the success of those muffins, I baked this cake during weekend.

My mum loves this, she had 2 slices once the cake was slightly cooled down.

I personally think it's a bit sweet, but everyone else think it's alright.

Hmm... I think it's successful ^_____^

Will make some muffins later for breakfasts.

Recipe:

A: 2 apples (peeled, cored & chopped) 

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

20g sugar

2 eggs

100g butter (unsalted)

200g self-raising flour

80g sugar

1/4 tsp vanilla essence

20ml milk

Method:

1. Cook A until medium wet - dry, set aside.

2. Butter (softened) + sugar, beat until smooth.

3. Add eggs & mix well.

4. Add flour, vanilla essence & milk, mix well.

5. Add A & mix well.

8. Bake at 180'C for 25 - 30 min.